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Tenzing Norgay GM OSN (/ ˈ t ɛ n z ɪ ŋ ˈ n ɔːr ɡ eɪ /; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, [1] was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.
Aug 17, 2024 · Tenzing Norgay (born May 15, 1914?, Khumbu region, Nepal?—died May 9, 1986, Darjeeling [now Darjiling], West Bengal, India) was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer who in 1953 became, with Edmund Hillary of New Zealand, the first person to set foot on the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak (approximately 29,035 feet [8,850 meters];...
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Mar 3, 2013 · Learn how the first people to stand atop the world's highest mountain, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, reached the summit of Everest in 1953. Read the account of their historic climb, the challenges they faced, and the legacy they left.
Jul 17, 2023 · Learn about the life and achievements of Tenzing Norgay, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953. Discover how he challenged the notions of national identity, religion, and heroism with his enigmatic personality and actions.
May 3, 2022 · Tenzing Norgay (May 15, 1914 – May 9, 1986) was a Tibetan climber. Along with New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary, Norgay was one of the first two people to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest (8,848 meters), on May 29, 1953.
Aug 16, 2021 · They overcame the final near-vertical pitch of rock and ice using only ice climbing gear and the rest as they say is history. The pair became the first to reach the highest point on earth at 11:30am, where they spent 15 minutes taking photographs before beginning their long descent.
Tenzing, whose name was changed by a high lama from Namgyal Wangdi to the name we know him by today (“Norgay” means “fortunate”), always believed himself to have a special luck and favor. He knew early in his life that his destiny lay beyond tending yaks in the high mountains, and by the time he was 13, had already made a secret trip to ...
